watching on big screen, the residents of the principality voiced their approval. it is on tuesday newspapers reported rumors miss whitstock, a south african, had fled monaco for nis airport with a one-way ticket for johannesburg. the palace dismissed the story as ugly rumors prompted only by jealousy. the last time monaco experienced an occasion like this was in 1956 when his father, prince renier, married the hollywood actress grace kelly. some believed ail ber, the prince, with a playbay reputation would never settle down. after the rumors of the past few days, there's a general feeling of satisfaction in monaco their reigning prince is at last a married man. ♪ >> and congratulations to them. of course, much more on our website on all of our stories and, of course, don't forget can you follow us now on twitter. do have a look at that. have you been watching bbc news with me. thank you for watching. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own